Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 3241, David Gee, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Lee, David or Jay Polly
N. 3241.
CONTENTS

11.837
PP Pennsylvania. Phil a
widow of Polly Gee, dec d , who died on the David in 1833. of in the State of who was a private in the commanded by Captain of the commanded by in the Revolution time for
Inscribed on the Roll of Phil a at the rate of 80. Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 th day of Feby. 1837. and Sent to Hon. F. B. Street Arrears to the 4th of Semi-annual allowance ending Present.
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act July 7, 1838. }
Recorded by G. Getty Clerk. Book 06 Vol. 1 Page 105

12,207
R Pennsylvania
David Gee
of _____ in the state of _____ who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Van Cortlandt of the _____ line, for the term of 6 years.
enrolled on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 8 Dollars per month to commence on the 10 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 of June and sent to Ora Kilb Millsboro, New Castle Co Penn.
Arrears to 4th of Mar 1819 $6.13 emi-anl. all'ce ending 18 Sept 1818 10 21 4 30 31 $534.63
Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818 14 July 1819
(continued)
2nd Dec 22/55
Whereby it appears that David Gee was a Private in the Pennsylvania Key Stone Battery, commanded by Captain Van Cortlandt, and that he was honorably discharged at Appomattox Court House on April 9th 1865. He was then 47 years of age and had resided in the County of New Castle, State of Delaware.

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• Healed since 1833 Mama from to 1794. Shaded

Jesse R. Jay being duly sworn in open Court deposeth & saith that he is the son of David Gee & Polly Gee the applicant in the foregoing declaration named - that the name of Gee is Welch and say he under- stands to be the English of it - he has therefore always written his name Jess and so the name of the family has been pronounced for many years - He further states that his father David Gee was a pensioner at ninety five dollars a year - his certificate was kept for several years by Archibald Knox Esq. who made out his papers & drew his pension for him - that his father died at the township of Farmington in the County of Tioga Pa. on the 6th of March 1833 - that his mother Polly Gee is now living at the house of Jacob Dyres in the said County of Tioga & is to the best of his belief of the age of eighty three as she states - & is a widow - Deponent further states that the account of the children given by his mother is correct to the best of his knowledge - And the fact of the legality of the marriage of his father & mother was never to his knowledge disputed - He further saith that the last knowledge he has of his father's pen- sion certificate it was in the hands of Archibald Knox aforesaid who made out his papers to draw his pension the last time but a day or two before his father's death which was at the time before stated - Deponent further saith that his age is forty one years - that he resides in the said

county of Tioga where his residence has been with the exception of two years since he was three years old - He is well acquainted with Archibald Knox whose disposition accompanies the accompanying dec- laration and who has known the family intimately for thirty years or more - - He further declares that he knows of no family or other record containing the mar- riage of his father or mother - He has never known any family record in the family since his remembrance - He further states that he believes the facts set forth in the declaration of his mother to be true - Sworn & subscribed in open court September 25. 1883 - J. P. Duncanson, Proxy
Asbrose Millard being duly sworn in open court as aforesaid deposeth & saith - That she was acquainted with David Gee the Revolutionary pensioner fifteen or twenty years ago and with his family - thinks the said Gee died about ten years ago has no distinct recollection of the time - knows his widow Polly Gee or as the name is now called Jay - saw her about two weeks since - she resides at the house of Jacob Haines in Middlebury Town- ship Tioga County Pa. - The said David resided & died in the said County of Tioga - He knows Jesse R. Jay the youngest son named in the foregoing affidavit & has known him about twenty years - He also knew Robert Gee or Jay - he was the oldest son

He is also partially acquainted with the girls - Knows that the said David & Polly lived & cohabited together as man & wife and has no doubt they were legally such - the fact never was disputed to his knowledge - Respondent is also well acquainted with Archibald Knox Esquire who has made the affidavit hereto attached - Knows him to be one of the most respectable citizens of this county - Respondent further saith that from his acquaintance with the said Polly Jay he has no hesitation in saying her declaration is correct & true Respondent further saith that he now resides & has for the last thirty years in the said county of Tioga Pa. & that his age is 61 years & residing -
Sworn & subscribed in open
court September 27. 1842.
A. P. Donaldson, Prothon.
Amos Miller
Whereupon, the court express themselves satisfied with the truth of the facts set forth in the foregoing, or annexed declaration. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court the 27 th day of September 1842.
A. P. Donaldson, Prothon.

State of Pennsylvania Tioga County } ss.
On this fifteenth day of August 1843 personally appeared before me one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County Polly Day a resident of the township of Middlebury in the county of Tioga aged Eighty six years who being first duly sworn according to her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7. 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows" That she is the widow of David Day who was a private in the Revolutionary Army — For further particulars she refers to the proofs and documents on file in the War Department at Washington —
She further declares that she was married to the said David to the best of her recollection in the fall of the year 1788 tho' from loss of memory she has forgotten the day & month — She was married by a Presbyterian Clergyman by the name of Case at the Vine Portness in the State of New York and that her husband the aforesaid David Day died on the 5th day of Mar 1833 That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen hundred & ninety four viz. at the time above stated —
She further declares that she has been the mother of six children by the said David viz. Catharine, Robert, Susanna, Sally, Charity, & Jesse

R. all of whom are now living except the same that Jesse R. the youngest who is now present is forty one years old.
She further declares that her husband was a pensioner for many years receiving at the rate of ninety six dollars a year. She also states that her husband was formerly called Gee but lately the name has been his pronounced Jay. She also says that she knows of no family or other record of her marriage nor does she know of any person now living who can prove her marriage.
Sworn & subscribed before me this 15 th day of August 1843 at the residence of the said Polly which is at the house of Jacob Hymes in Middlebury aforesaid the said Polly from age & infirmity I certify is not able to attend the Court
Polly her X Lay
Isaac Brewster Spaulding Judge
Progor County Up.
I John P. Dinsmore prothonotary of the court of Common Pleas of said county certify Isak Brewster Esq. to be an associate judge of said county and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office the 27 th day of September 1843. J. P. Dinsmore, Prothon.

State of New York City of New York } on this 3 rd day of July 1857 personally appeared in open court of Superior Court. Katharine See or Say aged 62, sixty two years a resident of the City of New York - who being first duly sworn doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to ob- tain the amount due to the heirs of David and Mary See or Say under act of Congr- ess passed 7 July 1838 & subsequent acts.
This declarant states that she is the lawful child of David See or Say who was a revolutionary soldier and pensioner of the United States at the rate of 96 ¢ per annum and who died on the 7 th day of March 1833 in the County of Tioga in the State of Pennsylvania leaving a widow surviving him several years who also died in said Coun- ty of Tioga and State of Pennsylvania on the four- teenth day of November in the year one thousa- nd eight hundred and forty three (1843), whose maiden name was Mary Ryder and to whom her said father David See or Say was lawfully married as she believes in the year seventeen hundred and eighty seven (1787), at or near a place called the nine partners on the Hudson River in the State of New York by a clergyman whose name was Chase.
Declarant states that the said Da- vid and Mary lived in lawful wedlock from the time of their said marriage up to the time of the death of the afore- said David See or Say.

Declarant further states that the said Mary Gee or Day did not again marry after the death of her said husband and that she died being a widow.
This declarant states that five children only are now surviving, as the fruits of the aforesaid marriage of her parents two of which were born prior to the year seventeen hundred and ninety four (1794), of which declarant is the oldest and Rob- -ert Gee or Day and that subsequent to 1794 three others now living were born whose names are Sarah Morse Charlotte Taylor and Jesse Gee or Day
This declarant also states that the family record has been destroyed as she believes - and that no record of the marriage of the said David and Mary Gee or Day is now in existence.
Sworn to and subscribed
on the day & year first above written before me
Catharine Her Gee or Day mark
Thos J. Oakley Ch. J. of the Supreme Court in the city of New York
_____ day of _____ 1851
John W. Noble Clerk.

State of New-York, City and County of New-York, } ss.
I, GEORGE W. RIBLET, CLERK of the City and County of New-York, and also Clerk of the Supreme Court for said City and County, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That John J. Carley whose name is subscribed to the certificate of the proof or acknowledgment of the annexed instrument, and thereon written, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, a Chief Justice of the Superior Court dwelling in the said City, elected and sworn, and duly authorised to take the same. And further, that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of such John J. Carley and verily believe that the signature to the said certificate of proof or acknowledgment is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Court, the 30 day of July 185 1
Geo: W. Riblet Clerk.

Pennsylvania Tioga County ss.
At a court of Common Pleas held in and for the county of Tioga commencing on the first Monday in September A. D. 1856 before the Hon. R. G. White President Judge of said court and the Hon. Simon Power and the Hon. Edwin Dyer associate judges the affidavits of Catharine Barber & Samuel J. Holiday here to append were produced and read for the purpose of es- tablishing the death of Polly Lee & the time when she died & the names and ages of her children and thereupon it was adjudged by said court that said Polly died on the 16 th day of Nov. 1843 and that four of her children survive her, to wit: Catharine - Sally married to William Mop- Charlotte and Sarah R. - That said Catharine is aged fifty nine years or thereabouts - Sally sixty one years - Charlotte fifty nine years and Sarah R. fifty six years - that the affidavits of said Catharine Barber and said Samuel J. Holiday establish these facts satisfactorily to the said court, who deem the affiants persons of good reputation for truth & fully entitled to credit. -
By the Court
J. H. Donahue, Prothon.

District of Pennsylvania County of Tioga
On this 20 th day of September A D 1820 personally appeared in open Court of Common pleas held in Williamsport for the County of Tioga being a Court of Record proceeding according to the course of Common law with a Jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount and keeping a Record of proceedings. David Gee aged sixty nine years resident in Tioga County in said District who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following Declaration that he served in the revolutionary in the Company Commanded by Capt. Telus in the Regiment Commanded by Col. Henry B. Livingston after that afterwards blended in the Regiment Commanded by Col. Costlands in the York line &c. and has obtained a pension under the the act of the 18 th of March 1818 his Certificate being numbered 12209 and dated the 14 th day of July one thousand eight hundred and eighteen to commence on the the tenth day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen and I do solemnly swear that I was a Resident Citizen of the United States on the 18 th of March 1818. and that I not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby to defraud it as to bring myself within the the provisions of an act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War passed on the 18 th of March 1818. And that I have nor has any person in trust for me any property of securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other

than what is contained in the schedule hereunto annexed and by me subscribed
Sworn and subscribed in open Court the 20 th day of September A D 1820
David Gee
Uriah Spencer Probate
Schedule of the property of David Gee taken the 20 th day of September A D 1820
I have besides necessary bedding,
and clothing.
  one Cow 12  one yearling Calf 10  one heifer 8.  $31 00    4 old Chains  one broken Iron pot  one small one 4  1 80    one old knife  2 Spoons  one old table  1 73    one broken beaker  Kettle   1 40    one ax  Bought with my pension money   1 25  
My occupation is that of a farmer but by age and infirmity am unable to pursue my business I have no family except my Wife Molly aged 82 years infirm like myself Sworn and subscribed in open Court the 20 th of September A D 1820
his David X Gee mark
Uriah Spencer probate

Dan Gye P. 207
July 19
Chung
Ms 8 Gye

War Department Revolutionary Pension I Certify that in conformity with the law of the United States of the eighth of March A.D. 1818. David Gee late a Private in the army of the Revolution is inscribed on the pension list Roll of the Pennsylvania Agency at the rate of eight dollars per month to commence on the 10 th day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen Given at the War office of the United States this 14 th day of July one thousand eight hundred and nineteen J. C. Calhoun Secretary War
Payable semi-annually the first payment on this Certificate will be made the fourth of September next in Philadelphia at the Bank of the United States
Sioga County ss
I, Jeremiah Spencer Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the record of said Court. And I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is forty two Dollars 88 Cents In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Millersborough the 20 th day September A.D. 1820
Jeremiah Spencer Proty

Pennsylvania Tioga County ss Personally appeared before me Ira Hillburn one of the judges in and for sd. county David Gee who upon his solemn oath declared and says that he was a soldier in the revolution of the United States of America — under capt. — Titus, late Henry B. Livingston col. New York line commanded by general James Clinton — that he enlisted in the spring of one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven for three years as this deponent understood, but after found that his name was put down during the war — and that he served till the end of the same according to the enlistment, and then received a regular discharge in the year 1783 — day and month not recollected and the discharge lost — at the time of discharge in capt. John Francis Hamtramck and col. — Courtlandt regiment — served his mark seven years David his X for mark
Tioga County 10th April 1848 Personally appeared before me David Gee and swore to, and made his mark to the foregoing instrument who is a man in poor circumstances and such as one as congress designed to reward
Ira Hillburn associate judge
The deponent further declares and says that he is sixty six years of age — that he was in the battle and taking of Bennington — Gates & Arnold generals and that he was in the expedition of Sullivan against the Indians — was also at the battle and taking — Cornwallis — and that he is poor and infirm and stands in need of assistance of assistance from

this country for support - and that he claims the pension under the act of Congress March 13 th 1812 -
Sworn before me
From William A. Judge
I am satisfied that the within application did serve in the revolutionary war, in the continental establishment nine months and more at one continued term of time and that his poor and unable to labor but little and that he stands in need of assistance from his country for support - Thos. Jefferson
Dear William Lloyd
Yours affly for real
To the Secretary of the Department of War at Washington.
Dear George,
private. with  the  best  of  the  best
Oct 14. B. Stenogyra  concolor
which changed from
Van Hook Station N.Y.
of New York
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opening of 29 th for Nov.
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Rev. War Section.
January 3, 1917.
Mr Frank E. Rapp,
P. O. Box 91.
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Sir:
In reply to your letter of the 15" ultimo, you are advised that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 3241, it appears that David Gee or Jay enlisted in the spring of 1777, served as Private under Captain Titus and Col. Henry B. Livingston and under Capt. John Francis Hamtramck and Col. Cortland of the New York Line. He was in the battle and capture of Burgoyne, in Gen. Sullivan's Indian Expedition, at the surrender of Cornwallis and was discharged in 1783.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 10, 1818, at which time he was 66 years old and a resident of Tioga County, Pa. He died March 6 or 7, 1833, at Farmington Township in said county.
He married at Nine Partners, N. Y. in the fall of 1787 or 1788, Mary Ryder or Rider, who was also called Molly and Polly. and the name Gee which was Welch was pronounced Jay in English and spelled that way by his son Jesse R.
David Gee or Jay, who was also called Molly and Polly. and the name Gee which was Welch was pronounced Jay in English and spelled that way by his son Jesse R.

His widow applied for pension August 15, 1843 at which time she was 83 years old and a resident of Middlebury Township, Tioga County, Pa. and she stated that she had six children, namely; Catharine, Robert, Susanna, Sally, Charity , and Jesse R., all of whom were alive except Susanna. She died in Middlebury Township, Nov. 14, 1843 and the pension due her was allowed to the surviving children in 1857, Jesse R. of Elkland, Tioga County, Pa., Catharine Jay of Middlebury, Pa., Sally wife of William Moss or Morse of Middlebury, Pa. and Charlotte wife of A. C. Taylor of Elmira, N. Y.
Very respectfully,
Elizabeth Commissioner.
( Gee -34 )
Did not see the person in 1843 all of them were apprehensible, the witness said about

Polly Gee, wid of David
Pa N.Y. Act 1838
Secs.
I rec d a letter in the case yesterday
J. H. Coombs

Polly Kee (or Gaff) widow of Daniel, Pa. Act of 1838.
Has this case been admitted?
J. J. C.

V 10-219, Polly Geo. Pas Suspended Dec. 24/55 26/55 Feb Smith May 102/44 Rev. J. Pollock Nov 31. 1844 B. J. Smith Aug 30. 45 Rev. J. Wilnot. May 19. 1846 A. P. Norton Nov 23/51  Same June 30/52 D. M. Drury May 1854. to Same June 8/54 Act July 7 38

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5 olly Gee, widow of David Penn
B.B. Smith May 11 1844 - Hon J Pollock May 31 1844 - P.B. Smith Aug 30 1845 - Hon J Wilmot Aug 14 1846 - A.P. Norton Nov 22 1851 - L.M. Drury 1 May 1854 - same June 8 1854 - 3 rd and 2 nd Dec 22 1853 - J. Bloomfield Dec 26 1853 - Hon J. A. Brown M.P. 15 1856 -
July 7 1838

19 th Jan 3. Heist to F.E. Rapp
Brief
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 3241
Polly Lee  or Gay
Widow
David Lee  or Gay
Pr. Rev. War.
Act: 5 March 3 d 1843
Index: — Vol. 6 , Page 268
[Arrangement of 1870.]

9.685 Pennsylvanico  Philas or Jay. 9685 Folly Gee, dec'd., widow of David Gee or Jay who was a private in the Revolution N.Y. Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843. and end 14 th November 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 th day of Febr y 1843; and sent to Hon. J. B. Strong, Solicitor of the Treasury. Present.
[Acts of March 3, 1843, & June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book 06. Vol. 1. Page 124.

Pennsylvania (Pa) Agency, Folly Gee, who was the widow of David,
ceded Acts July 7, 1838 & March 30 1843,
$ 80 per Ann
on March 4, 1836, on Nov. 14, 1843, when she was
To David Holliday, I was of Joseph B. Jay, Catha- rine Jay, Sally May, & Charlotte Taylor, my chil- dren, &
Hon T. B. Streeter Secretary of the Treasury Present.

My dear Sir:
Inclosed you will find a letter from John W. Guinsey Esq. of Lehigh Pa, making inquiries relative to the case of Polly Yes. Will you be good enough to have his letter examined & the proper reply sent to him through me.
Very truly & Geo. C. Whiting Esq. P.S. Master. Com of Pensions.
Feby 25. 1857.

State of Pennsylvania Tioga County                     Zad.
Personally appeared before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County, who being duly sworn according to law did depose and say - that he was acquainted with David Lee and his family for as much as forty five years - when he first knew them they resided in Coeymans, Tioga County N.Y. and had then four or five children, the eldest of which he believes was ten or eleven years old - This was about the year 1800 - Several years after, said he removed to this County - He has been dead a num- ber of years - His wife's name was Polly. Deponent knew all the children - the el- dest was Catherine - b. 1802. The youngest now resides in this County also Polly, the wife of Mr. Rose - He said David Lee and Polly must have been married as early as the year 1799 and probably a year or two before - They lived together as man and wife during the whole of his acquaintance with them, and he has no doubt they were legally married. The said Lee was a Revolutionary Pensioner. Depo- nent's age is 77 years - he resides in Elbridge T. said Tioga Co. Pa. - Sworn and subscribed before me this 10th day of

First day of July One thousand eight hundred and forty five - B. B. Smith S. J. { Ebenezer Taylor in presence of { Nathaniel Lee
On the day and year of the above last named date personally appeared before me Nathaniel Lee the subscribing wit- ness to the foregoing and being duly sworn according to law did depose and say that he has known David Gee & wife about thirty three years - he made the Pension Policy for said Gee to draw his pension for several years before his death - he was now dead ten years or more - His wife's name was Polly understood she died last fall a year from the cases of the children of said Gee, as far as he knows they must have been married as early as the period fixed in the foregoing affidavit of Ebenezer Taylor. Deponent has lived a near neighbor to Ebenezer Taylor who makes the above dep- osition most of the time during the last thirty years - He is a man of truth and veracity and among one of our most reputable cit- izens, and is of sound mind and memory

who of weak nerves so that he is not able to write his name. Deponent believing full credit should be given to his statements - Deponent's age is fifty seven - resides a near neighbor to the above named Ebenezer Taylor - Sworn & subscribed before me the first day of July 1845 -
R. B. Smith } Nathanic J. [unclear]
Diogas County, G.
I John P. Donaldson, prothonotary of the court of Common Pleas in and for said county certify that R. B. Smith Esq. to be a magistrate as above and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine. - In testimony whereof, I have here unto set my hands and affixed my seal of office, this 24 th day of July 1845. - J. P. Donaldson, Prothon.

Aug 11. 1874
Allow me to call your attention to the enclosed.
Yours &c D. Milner

Canandaigua. N.Y. the June 2 nd 1837
Hon. S. P. Waldo-
Dear Sir;
Permit me
to solicit your personal examination of the claim of Mary Gee, widow of David, of Penn. under act of 7 th July 1838.
A brief has been filed by me in the case, and the decision of the office is that proof more decisive but must be exhibited of the age of the son Roberts
age . The proof adduced, was the certificate of the County Clerk, that in 1812 , or 1813.
the son was assessed for Taxes on real & personal estate, and I need not say to you as a
# # # # #
But

lawyer that he would not have been taxed - or owned real estate in his own right till he had arrived at the age of 21 years.
I beg to request that a perusal of the proofs may be had by you.
Yours truly
L. M. Drury

J. B. Shurtleff
Send Certificate to J. B. Shurtleff Solicitor of Treasury

Siago Oct 28/56
F B Straub Esq
Dear Sir
Enclosed I forward you some pension papers about which there has been a great deal of fussing & trouble & I assure I believe the last requisites of the Department has been complied with & I trust will be closed up by sending on the certificate you will see the certificate of our Regts showing that J Holiday Jr is the administrator to whom the certificate should issue will you please acknowledge the receipt of the papers & do me the favour of handing them into the proper office & if they will make out the certificate forward it to me soon & oblige
Truly yours John W. Murray

Washington, Dec 4 th 1885
Sir:
I respectfully ask a reexamination of the claim of Mary Gee (or Jay) dec d . widow of David Gee (or Jay) of Pennsylvania, under act of 7 th July 1838.
The only point, I believe, upon which any objection is now made, as to the sufficiency of the testimony, is as to the date of the marriage.
Although the name seems to have been sometimes written "Gee" and sometimes "Jay" yet the evidence clearly shows that the claimant was the widow of the man who received a pension under the name of "Gee", but whose name was more frequently written "Jay". This point, I suppose, has been satisfactorily explained, as no objection was founded upon it in the last letter from you.

Office, in the case,
It is shown that there is no record, public or private, of the date of the marriage, or of the births of the children. The last evidence presented, tending to prove a marriage prior to 1794, was a certificate of the Clerk of Leiga County, Pa, showing that Robert Gee , the second child of said Daniel and Mary Gee on Dec , was charged with taxes on lands, in 1813 . If born no later as 1794 , he could not have been more than nineteen years old in 1813 . But this evidence was held insufficient to prove a marriage prior to 1794, inasmuch as a minor may hold, and be chargeable with taxes upon, real Estate .
I now respectfully beg leave to call your attention to an item of evidence which has not hitherto been adverted to, or considered; which I deem of a much

more convincing and conclusive character. Said David Lee, in his declaration made for a continuance of his pension under Act of 1818, on the 20 th of Sept. 1820 , swears that his wife Molly is " aged sixty-eight years ." She was therefore born in 1752 , and, con- sequently, was forty-two years of age in 1794 . It is shown by evidence in the case, that she had six children by said David Lee, five of whom are still living, or were not long ago. Do not these facts con- clusively prove that the marriage must have taken place prior to 1794? It is almost a physiological impossibility that a woman could give birth to , and raise, six children , after attaining the age of forty-two years .
To say the least, a case of very strong probability that the marriage occurred prior to 1794, was made out indif- ferent of this class of evidence. Is

not This evidence sufficient To remove every reasonable  doubt , and convert this strong probability into certainty ?
I have the honor to be, Very respectfully Your obed servt
A. H. Coombs
Hon. J. Meigs, Clerk of Pensions.
May see or pay bill of David
Pa. Act 1838- sec.
Cost endorsed refused To -
Col
A. H. Coombs

Copy
Pension Office
Dec 26 1853
Sir
In compliance with your request I have re-examined the testimony in the case of Polly Gee dec'd who was the widow of David and have decided to admit it under the Act of July 7 1838; but before I can issue a certificate for the arrears a copy of Record of must certify when the said Polly Gee died and the names and ages of her children now living, — For the kind of testimony on which the certificate of the court must be based, see the 2 d Regulation of the accompanying printed sheet.
Signed, I think Comm
J. J. Coombs
Present

Logan Feb 18 1887
Dear Sir, I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 14th inst. and in reply to inform you that the same has been forwarded to the proper authorities for their consideration. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, [Signature] H. H. Hiers

Pittsburgh Penn a 27 th March 1832
Sir
Herewith I have the Honor to present in reply to the requirements of Department, further papers & prop in the case of the heirs of Mary Keefer of Penn a , originally submitted by me on the 6 th of Sept last.
I have the Honor to be, Sir, with Great Respect Your Most Serv t A. D. Norton
Hon J. E. Heath Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C.

Treasury Department Third Auditor's Office Dec. 24 th 1833.
Sir,
I herewith return the papers on which David Gee was inscribed on the Pennsylvania Roll, Act 18 March 1818 & 1 May 1820, at the rate of $8.00 per month, enclosed in your letter of the 22 d inst, & in reply have to inform you that his pension has been paid up to 4 March 1833, & that the books of this office show no subsequent payment.
Very Respectfully Yours ob t Serv t
Robert T. Mannan Auditor.
J. Minot Pay Comm ee of Pensions.

Washington, Feb. 14, 1887
Sir,
Enclosed please find proof of death and heirship in the case of Polly Lee or Jay, of Pennsylvania, widow of Daniel Lee - for pension under the act of 1838 etc. This claim was allowed by a decision of your Office communicated to me more than a year ago, I think, and has ever since been awaiting evidence of death and heirship.
The surviving children do not want to incur the trouble and expense of administering upon the estate, as they can easily settle the matter among themselves. As the evidence as to the number and names of the children is full and clear I suppose there will be no necessity for an Administrator.
Very Respectfully Your obedt Servt J. J. Coombs
Geo. C. Whiting Esq Commr of Pensions

Brief in the case of Polly Gee, decd. who was the widow of David. Tioga County and State of Pennsylvania, acts July 7, 1838, and March 3 rd 1843.
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Her husband was a pensioner under the acts of March 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820, at $96 per annum, and died in 1833. Polly Gee is identified as having been his widow, and her marriage prior to 1794, established by competent parol proof. An Administrator has been appointed.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent
Hon L. B. Wheeler, Solicitor of the Treasury.
Ogden Niles, Examining Clerk.

POWER OF ATTORNEY.
State of New York County of New York } ss.
Know all Men by these Presents,
That I Catharine See or say of the City of New York do hereby authorize, constitute and appoint Anson P. Norton of Pittsburgh State of Pennsylvania my true and lawful Attorney to prosecute for me and on my behalf, all and singular, claim or claims, I may have against the General Government of the United States, on account of the service of my Father David See or say deceased, in the war of the Revolution; the said power of Attorney to be irrevocable for the space of three years from the within date: and the said Anson P. Norton is hereby authorized to take all necessary and proper steps in the prosecution of said claim or claims on my behalf.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 3 rd day of July 1857
Jedediah Miller J. P. alt. 11 th Ward
Catharine See or say Am arm
State of New York County of New York } ss.
Be it known, That on the third
day of July 1857, before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized by law to administer oaths, personally appeared Catharine See or say above named, and on oath declares she is directly interested as one of the claimants aforesaid, and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be her act and deed.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, the day and year last above mentioned.
Jedediah Miller J. P. alt. 11 th Ward
State of New York City & County of New York } ss.
I Geo: W. Ribley, Clerk of
The City & of the County of New York  and  State aforesaid, do certify, that Jedediah Miller Esquire is now, and was at the time of the date of the foregoing, a Justice of the Peace, duly commissioned and qualified to act as such in and for said County: and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his, is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and Official seal, this 3 rd day of July 1857
Geo: W. Ribley Clerk

Pittsburgh Pennsylvania September 6 th 1851
Sir
I have the honor to be to submit for your examination the application of the widow of Mary Gee widow of David Gee of Pennsylvania for the pension of the act of July 1858 & sub- sequent acts.
The discrepancy in the name as it appears in the papers submitted accounts for the fact that the name has more generally been written Jay and that I am informed that the original application of David Gee for a pension in 1818 was made in the name of David Jay, and that some objection arose to the allowance of his pension on account of the name appearing on the records of service written Gee, and that in consequence the name was written Gee on his pension certificate.
Reference being made to his pension papers on file in the Pension Office will probably give a proper explanation and likewise corroborate the proof here submitted as to the fact of his having children born prior to 1814.
I am the honor to be Sir with the highest Respect Yours Obedt Servt A. P. Norton
W. J. H. H. C. S. P. 47. 1851. 10. 20

Canandaigua. N. Y. April 17. 1874
Sir;
Permit me to call your attention to a re-examination of the claim of Mary Gee widow of David Gee, of Penn. under act of 7 th July 1838.
At the instance of Mr. A. P. Norton - the last agent in the case. I have inspected the papers, in the case, and the result of my examination induces the conviction that the claim is fairly made out, and I trust that a similar conclusion will be arrived at by you, upon a careful investigation of the facts.
I take the liberty to present a brief abstract of the proofs on file.
In the first place David Gee the husband of the applicant was a Pensioner of the United States, - having served for during the war, and of course his service is established - admitted -
The only facts to be established is the marriage prior to the year 1784, and the identity of the children.
The marriage is alleged to have occurred in the State of New York at a place called the "Nine Partners" about the year 1788, or 9 - I believe.
You are aware that no public records of marriages, at that period, exist in the State of New York, except as they may have been preserved in some Dutch Reformed or Lutheran Churches - that

the law of the state did not require records to be made, and that they never were made either in the offices of the Town or County Clerks -
And besides, allow me to state that several years since, a very careful personal examination was made by myself throughout the region called the "Nine Partners" for church or town records of marriage, but none could be found -
It is therefore impossible to furnish a public record of the marriage in this instance, for it does not exist, nor is there any private record.
But it is submitted, that there is evidence of a record character, precisely as conclusive as that of the record of the birth of a child and conclusive of the substance of the marriage relation of the parties prior to the year 1794 - if the Department is satisfied that Robert Jay & Jesse R. are the children of David & Mary Lee -
The manner in which the name Lee , was pronounced, so like the name Jay - (the letter " J ", being soft before e, i & y. "See Webster's Spelling book first part, passim ), undoubtedly led to its being spelled Jay -
You will perceive from that the certificate of the County Clerk of Tioga County shows that David & Robert Jay , were assessed for taxes in the year 1813 - and of course both must

have been above the age of twenty one years to be liable to taxation at all. that Robert owned land but David did not.
These names are undoubtedly to designate the father & son. David & Robert Lee -
There is a large number of affidavits on file in the case, all of which speak of Jesse R. Jay as the son of David & Mary Lee & many of them speak of Robert Jay as their son -
There are two sets of papers filed made in the case - one executed in 1843. containing the declaration of the widow who is called Polly Jay. and who asserts that she had six children by David - named Catherine, Robert, Susanna, Sally, Charity, & Jesse.
In this declaration & in the affts accompanying it. she is called Polly Jay - while the papers last filed call her Molly. or Mary - and David Lee in his declaration under act of 18 th March 1818. speaks of his wife as Molly. But the two terms Polly & Molly. are but changes of the name Mary. and all the affidavits relate to but one woman as the widow of David Lee. and as the mother of the six children.
Archibald Knox former Justice of the Peace testified that he knew David Lee - or as the name was called there. David Jay - had kept his certificate - & had for many

years drawn his pension - that the applicant Polly was his widow - and knew that Robert Jay was their child and also Jesse R. - Amos Millard - Ebenezer Taylor & Nathaniel Seely all testify to the same facts.
Catharine Lee makes declaration in 1852. & asserts that her mother's maiden name was Mary Rider, that she was the widow of David Lee, the Pensioner, and that J. Robert & Jesse R. Jay are the children of David & Mary Lee.
Jesse R. Jay swears to the same facts.
David Holliday - a Justice of the Peace swears that he has known the parties family for 30 years, that Mary was the wife of David Lee, & that Robert & Jesse R. Jay are their children.
It is submitted that the proof of the identity of Robert & Jesse R. Jay, as the children of David & Mary Lee - the husband the Pensioner, & the widow the applicant, is perfectly conclusive, nor can it be questioned, except on the assumption that all the witnesses are mistaken or have all sworn falsely. And if it is admitted that Robert is their child, then the Co. Clerk's Cer. establishes the fact of marriage before 1784 - beyond a doubt -
Hon. L. P. Waldo.
Very respectfully. L. M. Drury.

State of Pennsylvania
Lehigh County
Personally appeared before me the Subscriber a justice of the peace in & for said county Cath- arine Coakley, aged about Seventy years being duly sworn against and said that she is well acquainted with the chil- dren of David & Polly her late of said county deceased. That there are only four children now living of the said David & Polly to wit Catherine aged sixty seven years or thereabouts Polly now married since to William Mof- aged sixty one years Charlotte now intermarried with A.O. Paylor aged fifty Nancy and Agnes R. aged fifty six years
That she was an inmate of the family of the said David and Polly (during their lives) for several years & knows the children well that there are no other children of the said David & Polly now living That she was not in the county when the said Polly died but has been informed that she died about three years ago & further said not Catherine Coakley duly sworn against and said that the facts as above set forth are true as she knows them
Sworn & subscribed { To before me this { 9th day of July 1856 { John L. ... J.P.
Catherine Coakley Mark

✓ Oct 10. 1843 10.219 Pa
Polly, Day or Gre act 1838
J. S. [Large decorative initial] William Galt Common Pleas Washington D.C.
Col. W. Brown Oct 11 Free

State of Pennsylvania Lebanon County
Personally appeared before me this a justice of the peace in for said county Samuel S. Holiday a citizen of said county aged thirtyseven years and after being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he was at the funeral of Polly for late of said county which took place in Middlebury Township in the county aforesaid in the month of November A.D. 1843. That said deponent was present and led the singing on the occasion that she was buried in sight of deponent's residence and her tomb stones erected at her grave, and that the said Polly departed this life on the 14 th day of November A.D. 1843. as he only believes & further this deponent saith not Sworn & subscribed to { S. S. Holiday before me this 7 day of August 1854 James Ryon J.P.

Pennsylvania
Tioga County ss: I, John F. Donaldson Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Tioga County, Pennsylvania, certify that Allen Seely, and James Payson Eagle, whose names are subscribed to the foregoing
affidavits, are and were at the time of the dates thereof Justices of the Peace in and for said County duly authorized to administer oaths &c and that the signatures thereto purporting to be theirs are genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said Court at Wellsboro' the 16 th Aug A D 1886
J. F. Donaldson Prothon Per A. A. Donaldson

21 W. Bland Pa. July 2
2
Hon. David Wilmot
Washington City

Wellshono June 10th 1846
Dear David Wilmot
Dear Sir — The undersigned Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Tioga County having that Polly Gee Widow of David Gee late a Revolutionary Pensioner of this County has from lack of evidence failed to get a pension under the Act of 1836 — beg leave to adise you upon the Subject & through you to represent to the Pension Department — That from our personal knowledge of the case we believe M r Gee was fully entitled to a Pension Judge Ryan has been acquainted with M r Gee & family for more than thirty years being a neighbour to them the greater portion of that time — Knew his pension for him for a number of years and from his whole course acquaintance with the family — the ages of M r & M rs Gee and of the elder children as well as from common report he has no doubt they were really Man & Wife and that they were married previous to 1790.
The Widow made her declaration before Judge Brewster three years ago in August next (She being too old & infirm to attend Court) And from all the circumstances connected with the taking of the declaration as well as intimate with part of the family of children their ages &c he has no hesitation in declaring his firm belief that her declaration was true & that she was entitled under the Law to her pension. Relating to her marriage having taken place at an early day (She says in 1788) And in the State of New York she had not been able to hear of any living Witness. She had no Record evidence to prove the fact. She could not therefore give evidence that did not exist. She had the evidence that she had lived & cohabited with the said David for more than fifty years — Raised a family of six children the youngest of whom Jesse R was at the time of making the declaration forty one years old — And the fact of their being man & wife never having been doubted or questioned by any one —
This evidence was and is to us conclusive of the claim under the Law to a pension & we hope it may prove so to the Department — We would not suggest

it did not not believe it Just - We would therefore respectfully urge your interest with the Department to pay the claim - Mrs Fee is now dead but her children are needy and the small amount to which they would be entitled would be to them very acceptable -
We are Very Respectfully Yours &c -
Sarah Brewster
John Ryan

S. W. (Drew) Canandaigua Ontario Co N.Y.

State of Pennsylvania
County of Lehigh p
I, John H. Donaldson, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County certify that the annexed affidavits of Jesse R. Jay, Leander and Abigail Haggett & Enastus Niles below Jacob H. Jones, and Abby H. Jones, furnished satisfactory evidence to said Court, that David Gee or Jay, late of the town of Middlebury in said County was a Pensioner of the United States at the rate of $96 per ann. - that he died in the year 1833 - that his widow, Polly Gee or Jay died on the fourteenth (14 th ) day of November in the year eighteen hundred & forty three (1843) and that there are now living only four children of the said David & Polly Gee, or Jay, whose names are as follows to wit, Jesse R. Jay, Catherine Jay, Sally Mops and Charlotte Taylor
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office this Tenth day of February 1854.
J. H. Donaldson Protho Per A. A. Donaldson

State of Pennsylvania County of Tioga - ss
Jesse R. Jay of the town of Elkland in said County being duly sworn deposes & says that he is the son of David & Polly Gee, or Jay - deceased late of the town of Middlebury in said County - that his father the said David Gee was a prisoner of the United States at the rate of ninety six dollars per annum - that he was a soldier of the war of the revolution - that during the latter part of his life he changed his name & that of the family from Gee to Jay - that he resided in said town of Middlebury for several years previous to his death, and had resided in said County for about twenty five years previous - Deponent states that he died on the seventh day of March in the year eighteen hundred & thirty three - that his widow Polly Gee or Jay died on the fourteenth day of November in the year eighteen hundred & forty three (1843) that after the death of the said David Gee or Jay, she did not again marry but remained a widow & resided in the said town of Middlebury till the date of her death above mentioned.
Deponent states that his last parents the said David & Polly, or Mary Gee or Jay, left only four children surviving them who are now living and whose names are as follows to wit, Jesse R. Jay, Catharine Jay, Sally Moss, Charlotte Taylor - that the said Catharine & Sally, reside in the said town of Middlebury, that this deponent resides in the town of Elkland

which is about twelve miles distant from said Middlebury which adjoins that of  Elkland and the said Charlotte Taylor resides in the town of Elmira & state of New York -
Deponent further states that his said Mother was usually called Polly, though her christian name was Mary -
And further says not -
Sworn to & subscribed
this 24 th day of December
1856 - Before me.
John P. Hunt Justice of Peace - Subj
Jesse R. Ray
Thereby certify that I am acquainted with the above named Jesse R. Ray and that he is a credible witness John P. Hunt

State of Pennsylvania County of Tioga
Leander Leaber of the town Elkland in said county being duly sworn deposes & says that he was well acquainted with David & Polly Gee or Jay of the town of Middlebury in said county and knew them very well for many years during their life time, and was well acquainted with their family - that the said David Gee or Jay was a American of the United States - Deponent states that the the said David & Polly Gee or Jay, had several children, and that there are only four of them now living whose names are as follows to wit. Jesse R. Jay of the said town of Elkland, who is now present with deponent Catharine Jay & Sally Mop. of the town of Middlebury in said county, and Charlotte Taylor of the town of Elmira in the state of New York.
Sworn & subscribed to this 24 th day of December 1856
Leander Leaber
Before me
John P. Kneeb Judge of Probate
I certify that the above named Leander Leaber is personally known to me & that he is a credible witness. John P. Kneeb

State of Pennsylvania County of Tioga Jo.
Jacob Hines of the town of Middlebury in said County being duly sworn deposes & says, that he was well acquainted with David Gee or Jay dec d late of Middlebury, in his life time, and with his wife Polly Gee or Jay, and that the said Polly Gee or Jay, was a residing with deponent at the time of her death and died in his house, and that deponent was present at her decease - that she died on the fourteenth day of November in the year eighteen hundred & forty three 1843. Deponent further states that he is acquainted with two of the children of the said David & Polly Gee or Jay - and that there are out of four of them now living whose names are as follows, viz; Jesse R. Jay, Catherine Jay, Sally Moss, & Charlotte Jay
Sworn & subscribed } to this 30 th day of } December 1856. } Before me W. B. Dailey Justice of the peace
Jacob Hines
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Jacob Hines - & that he is a man of credibility W. B. Dailey J. P.

1 1/2 miles distant from said Middlebury State of Pennsylvania County of Tioga p. or North
Abigail Hives of Middlebury being duly sworn deposes & says that she was well acquainted with Polly G. or J. G. late of the same place in her life time, and was residing in the same house with her at the time of her death - and saw her after her decease - that her death occurred on the fourteenth day of November in the year eighteen hun- dred & forty three (1843) - Subscribed & sworn
to this B O the day of Abigail Hives December 1856
Before me -
W. B. Dailey Justice of the peace.
I hereby certify that the above named de- ponent is personally known to me & that she is a woman of credibility.
W. B. Dailey. J. P.

State of Pennsylvania Tioga County ss
Archibald Hazellett of Middlebury Tioga County and State aforesaid being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that He was well acquainted with David and Sally Gee or Gay and that there are only four children now living of the said David and Sally Gee or Gay that there has been other children but that they are all dead That the names of the children now living are as follows viz Jesse P. Gay of Elmhurst Township distant about twelve miles from Middlebury Catherine Gay of Farmington Township distant about seven miles from Middlebury and Sally Moss of said Township of Middlebury and Charlotte Gaylon of Elmer Chemung Co. New York
subscribed and sworn to Archibald Hazellett before me this fifteenth day of January 1857 W. B. Doiley justice of the peace
I hereby certify that the above named
deponent is a person of credibility and that I am personally acquainted with him
W. B. Doiley J. P.

State of Pennsylvania County of Tioga ss
Erastus Viles of the township of Middlebury in said county being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he was well acquainted with David and Polly Lee or Gays and that there are only four children now living of the said David and Polly Lee or Gays that there were several others but that they are all dead and that the names of the children now living are as follows viz Jesse R. Gay of the Township of Elkland which Township is about twelve miles distant from the said Township of Middlebury - Catharine Gay of the Township of Farmington which is about seven miles distant from the said Township of Middlebury - Sally Moss of the said Township of Middlebury and Charlotte Taylor of the town of Elmira in the State of New York -
Subscribed and sworn
to this fifteenth day of Erastus Viles
January 1857 before me
W. B. Dailey Justice of the peace
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named deponent and that he is a person of credibility
W. B. Dailey J. P.

State of Pennsylvania } ss County of Allegheny }
I William M. Candless Clerk of the Supreme Court of Penn o held in the City of Pittsburgh at the Court House of Allegheny County on the 16 th day of September 1851 do hereby certify that satisfactory proof was exhibited in Open Court that David Gee or Jay a revolutionary pensioner of the United States at the rate of $40 per annum died in the county of Tioga State of Pennsylvania on the seventh day of March 1850, leaving a widow surviving him named Mary Gee or Jay who did not again intermarry but died being a widow, that her death occurred on the fourteenth day of November in the year eighteen hundred & forty three (1843), that the said David & Mary Gee or Jay died leaving five Children only surviving them whose names are Cath- arine Gee or Jay, Robert & Jesse Gee or Jay and Sarah Morse and Charlott Taylor.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my office- al signature and annexed the Seal of said Court this sixth day of September A.D. 1851.
Wm M Candless Prothonotary, Supreme Court Western District Penn o

State of Pennsylvania County of Tioga
Before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared Israel P Keeney aged 49 years a resident in the Township of Middlebury in said County of Tioga - who being first duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that he was acquainted with Mary Lee widow of David Lee late a revolutionary soldier and pensioner of the United States in said County and that she the aforesaid Mary died in Middlebury Township in the County of Tioga and State of Pennsylvania on the 14th day of November one thousand eight hundred and forty three (1843) as per the date of the inscription upon her grave stones in said Township of Middlebury
J. P. Keeney
Sworn to and subscribed on this 29th day of May 1851
Before me Daniel Holiday J.P.
I certify from personal knowledge that the foregoing statement of deponent Israel P Keeney is correct and true Daniel Holiday J.P.

Sierra County, B.
I, John G. Donaldson, Prothonotary of said County, certify that Daniel Holiday Jr. whose name is sub- scribed to the within, is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned, and authorized to take the same, In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office this 31 st day of May A. D. 1851.
J. G. Donaldson, Protho ry Per A. Donaldson

Jay David Jay Robert
  Accts  1  Cows    8  Land     22  .   
  Price  Value  Tax     $12.00  .12    $5.  40.     3.  66.  $1.06  
Trigga County
We the Commissioners of Trigga County, State of Pennsylvania do hereby certify that the above is a correct copy of the Assessment of David Jay and Robert Jay as returned to this office by the Assessor of Delmar Township in said, for the year One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirteen (1813)
In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our Official seal at Millersburg, this 31 st day of May A.D. 1856.
Attest A. G. Schofield Clerk
David Leland (Chair) David Miller
State of Pennsylvania County of Allegheny
Morris Owen of the County aforesaid aged 55 years being first duly sworn doth depose and say that he is acquainted with the family of David Jay deceased late of Trigga County - said state that the aforesaid Robert Jay whose name appears on the lists of Assessments in Trigga County Pennsylvania in the year 1813 is the lawful son of David & Mary (Gee or Jay). That the said Robert Jay is the lawful son of David Gee or Jay who drew a pension of 76¢ per annum under the act of 18 th March 1818 and that the said Robert Jay is the brother of Catharine (Gee or Jay) whose declaration is hereto annexed and whose

Evidence is in the city of New York. Sworn to & subscribed on This 4th day of September } Morris Owen 1851 before me } And. McMaster Atty
I also certify that the said Morris Owen is entitled to full credit as a gentleman of truth and veracity. And. McMaster
State of Pennsylvania } ss County of Allegheny }
I Geo. S. Hays Notary Public of the Court of Common Pleas held in said County do hereby certify that Andrew McMaster Esquire is and was at the time of the date of the foregoing affi- -davit an act. Alder man & Esquire & that the same duly commissioned and qualified to act as such in said County - And that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my official signature and affixed the seal of said Court and County this Sixth day of Sept 1851
Geo. S. Hays Pro

Wellsboro' Tioga County Pa.
Oct. 3. 1843
J. P. Edwards Esq. Commis Pension
Sir — Enclosed is the application & declaration of Polly Gee (or as the name is now called) Lay for a pension — I have as far as I can ascertain enclosed all the proof she can make — there being no family or the record of her marriage in existence that I can learn — she age including the hope of being able to find a living witness — Diligent search has been made for the pension certificate of the late husband David Gee but it cannot be found —
Very Respectfully Yours obed Servt
R. B. Smith

State of Pennsylvania Tioga County ss.
Personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the said county of Tioga now in session Archibald Mose a resident of said county aged fifty years who being first sworn according to Law doth depose and say — That he is acquainted with Polly Say the applicant in the foregoing declaration deemed to have known her for the term of about thirty years — She is the widow of David Gee or as the name has latterly been pronounced say — He was also well acquainted with her husband David Gee who was a Revolutionary pensioner and drew ninety six dollars a year — He further states that he kept the pension certificate of the said David for some eight or ten years as he thinks and made out his various and drew his pen- sion or caused it to be done for him during that time — The said Gee was a resident of this county and died at the township of Farmington as this deponent was informed in the month of March & as he then also judge about ten years ago — Depo- nent was based at home by which he could fix the year certain but cannot be cer- tain now — Deponent was formerly acquainted with the family of children — knows Robert was the oldest child & who immigrated some years ago to the West — knows Jesse R. Say or Gee — knows he spells his name Say — he resides in this county and has been

a justice of the peace for a number of years - He cannot further state that he has made diligent search for the said Canadian certificate of the said Gee and has not been able to find it - He further says that the last time he made out the papers for the said Gee which were on or within a few days from the 4 th of March as he should think in the year 85. the said Gee was lying very ill, and as deponent understood died very soon after -
Deponent further states that the said David & Polly lived & cohabited together as man & wife for some twenty years or more during his acquaintance with the family & were reputed man & wife - The fact having never to his knowledge been questioned - He also saith that as far as he knows & believes the said Polly has always sustained a fair character for truth and veracity and he has no hesitation in saying that full faith & credit should be given to her declaration -
Sworn & subscribed in open court September 25. 1883.      A. Arch a Knox
J. P. Donaldson, Prothon.

   Names Acres Class Price Value Tax     Jay David 1 Cow 12 3/4 12 3/4 cts   Jay Robert 8 Land 5 3/4 40   da 22 3 1/8 66 $1.06  
State of Pennsylvania } ss County of Tioga } ss
I A. J. Sofield Clerk of the Commissioners of said County do hereby certify that the above is a correct copy of the assessment of David Jay and Robert Jay as returned to this Office by the assessor of Delmar Township in said County for the year eighteen hundred and thirty-two. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Commissioners of said County of Tioga on this 4th day of February 1852. A. J. Sofield Clerk
State of Pennsylvania } ss County of Tioga } ss
I Sessh Jay of the county of Tioga & State aforesaid being first duly sworn deposes & says that he is forty five years of age & that he is the lawful son of David Jay or Gee who was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of $96 per annum under act of 11 March 1818 and who died in said County on the 7 March 1822 leaving a widow named Mary who was the lawful mother of this deponent & who died in the said county of Tioga on the 14 November 1840. This deponent further states that David Jay whose name appears above as having been taxed in the year eighteen hundred & thirteen was the father of this deponent - That Robert Jay whose name

appears on the foregoing copy of assessment was the reputed lawful child of David & Mary Joe or Jay forenamed - and Brother of this deponent.
This deponent states that his Sister Catharine and Brother Robert were both born prior to the year 1774 - Catharine being the eldest - That from his recollection of what he has heard his said parents say, they (the said David & Mary) were lawfully married prior to the year seventeen hundred and ninety (1790) - and that his said mother did not again marry after the death of her said husband, but died being his widow -
Sworn to & subscribed on the 9 day of January 1852
Jesse K. Jay
Daniel Haliday J.P.
I certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Jesse K. Jay, and that he has filled with credit the office of Magistrate in said county, and is a credible witness.
Daniel Haliday J.P.
State of Pennsylvania Dauphin County, ss.
I, John R. Donaldson, prothonotary of the said county, do hereby certify that Daniel Haliday, Jr. Esq. is and was at the time of the date of the foregoing affidavit, a justice of the peace, duly commissioned & quali- fied to act as such in and for said county and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his own genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office the 14th day of February 1852. J. R. Donaldson, Protho.

State of Pennsylvania } ss County of Tioga }
Daniel Haleday, Esq. being first duly sworn doth depose and say that he was well acquainted with the pensioner David Gee or Jay & his wife Mary named in the foregoing affidavit - That he has been well acquainted with the family of the said David & Mary for thirty years past - That he believes the foregoing statement of Jesse Jay respecting the family of David & Mary Gee or Jay to be correct & true - That Robert Jay before mentioned as being assessed in the year eighteen hundred & thirteen (1813) was a son of the said David & Mary -
Sworn to & subscribed on _____ Daniel Haleday This 11th day of February 1859.
before me B. B. Smith J.P.
State of Pennsylvania } ss County of Tioga }
I John F. Donaldson Prothonotary of said county, do hereby certify that Benj. B. Smith, Esquire is & was at the time of the date of the foregoing affidavits a Justice of the peace duly commissioned & qualified to act as such in & for said county - and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and official seal this 11th day of February 1859. J. F. Donaldson, Proth.

Polly Gee on Jay Pa. Act 1838, Secs.
Power of Atty overlooking all former powers
The additional Evidence required by the last letter to me in the case, will be rec d in a few days.
J. H. Coombs
Dec. 27. 1856
Dec. 24 th 1856 named J. H. Coombs the claim within in the prosecution of to act as my substitute J. H. Coombs is authorized

State of Acad Pennsylvania County of Tioga ss. Be it known that on the 24 th day of December 1836 personally ap- peared before the subscriber a justice of the Peace Jesse R. Jay & acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be his act & deed -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day & year last above written
John Partchunt Justice of Peace

State of Pennsylvania County of Tioga
Know all men by these presents that I, Jesse R. Fay of the town of Elkhorn in said County & State do hereby constitute authorize & appoint Lill. Brum of Canandaigua in the state of New York, my true & lawful attorney for me & in my name to prosecute any and all claims to a pension or arrears of pension due from the Government of the United States, to me as the child & heir of David & Polly Fee or Fay, under any laws of congress providing pensions to the soldiers of the revolutionary war, or to their widows - And I, the said Jesse R. Fay here- by revoke & annul all powers of attorney & all authority heretofore given by me to any other person or persons, to prosecute any such claims upon the said Government and I constitute the said Lill. Brum my sole attor- ney for the purposes above named, ratifying and confirming whatever my said attor- ney may lawfully & properly do in the pre- mises, and authorizing him to appoint one or more substitutes, as in his judgment may be advisable in the prosecution of my interests in the prosecution of the said claim to a pension or arrears of pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 24 th day of December 1836, Sealed & delivered in presence of John P. Kirtland
Jesse R. Fay

Daniel Holliday, Jr.
No. 289.
Administrator of Polly Lee, Deceased.
Register's Office, June 5 th 1854.
Letters of Administration were this day granted to Daniel Holliday, Jr. on the Estate of Polly Lee, late of Middlebury township, Tioga county, Pennsylvania. The said Administrator having taken the oath prescribed by law. Henry Sherwood and Alanson S. Donaldson bail in the sum of fifteen hundred dollars.
J. P. Magill, Register.
Commonwealth of Penna Tioga County, ss.
I Wm G. Bailey, Register of Wills, &c in and for said County do certify that the above is a true copy of the Record, recorded in Book B. page 113. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of Office, this first day of August, A. D. 1856.
W. G. Bailey, Register.

Rev. - 1 - 6 B 26
Post Office Box 91, Brooklyn, New York, Fri. 15 Dec. 1916.
Pension Bureau, War Department, Washington, D.C.:
Dear Sirs :
I seek information in regard to the record of service and if possible, the family of David Jay, who appears as a soldier in the American Revolution, enlisting from Ulster County, New York. I have reasons to think he went to Tioga County, Penn., and was on the pension list. I suspect, he may be the man, who also enlisted, as David Gee, also from Ulster County, New York, in a later enlistment in the Revolutionary Army.
The list of Revolutionary soldiers, as published by N.Y. State, gives the names of David Jay & Ezekiel Jay & Moses Jay - all from Ulster County, New York : but each had a later enlistment under the name of Gee.
An early reply appreciated.
Yours very truly,
Frank E. Rapp
1724 is the only David of either spelling